11-letter words containing k, i, e, r, s
- linebackers — Plural form of linebacker.
- little sark — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel E of Guernsey, connected to Sark by a natural causeway.
- lobsterlike — Resembling a lobster or some aspect of one.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- marlinspike — a pointed iron implement used in separating the strands of rope in splicing, marling, etc.
- master disk — an original disk from which duplicates are made
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- mineworkers — Plural form of mineworker.
- miniskirted — Wearing a miniskirt.
- ministrokes — Plural form of ministroke.
- moviemakers — Plural form of moviemaker.
- mudskippers — Plural form of mudskipper.
- muleskinner — (slang)A mule driver.
- multistrike — (of a typewriter or printer ribbon) able to be struck several times in the same place before becoming unusable
- multitasker — Computers. (of a single CPU) to execute two or more jobs concurrently.
- noisemakers — Plural form of noisemaker.
- non-striker — a person or thing that strikes.
- nonstrikers — Plural form of nonstriker.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- oyster pink — a delicate pinkish-white colour, sometimes with a greyish tinge
- perestroika — Russian. the program of economic and political reform in the Soviet Union initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1986.
- persnickety — overparticular; fussy.
- pipe smoker — a person who smokes a tobacco pipe
- pot sticker — a pan-fried and steamed Chinese dumpling with a ground meat or vegetable filling.
- prick-tease — a woman who is sexually provocative but refuses to engage in sexual activity
- pyrokinesis — the ability to set objects or people on fire through the concentration of psychic power.
- quicksilver — the metallic element mercury.
- rail strike — a strike by railway workers
- rankshifted — that has been shifted from one linguistic rank to another
- re-skinning — to replace or repair the exterior surface or coating of: The space shuttle had to be reskinned before returning to service.
- reeled silk — a long strand made of silk reeled from a number of cocoons and not twisted or thrown. Compare spun silk (def 1).
- rent strike — a temporary, organized refusal by tenants, as of an apartment building, to pay their rent, as in protest over inadequate services.
- rickettsial — any member of the genus Rickettsia, comprising rod-shaped to coccoid microorganisms that resemble bacteria but can be as small as a large virus and reproduce only inside a living cell, parasitic in fleas, ticks, lice, and mites and transmitted by bite to vertebrate hosts, including humans, causing such severe diseases as typhus and Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- rijksmuseum — a museum in Amsterdam housing the national art collection of the Netherlands
- ringstraked — ring-streaked.
- risk-averse — reluctant to take risks; tending to avoid risks as much as possible: risk-averse entrepreneurs.
- rocket ship — a rocket-propelled aircraft or spacecraft.
- rollicksome — rollicking; frolicsome.
- rye whiskey — rye1 (defs 4, 5).
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schrecklich — frightful or horrible
- scissorlike — like scissors; moving, operating, or crossing in a manner suggesting the blades of scissors.
- selkirk rex — a breed of large curly-haired cat
- serpentlike — resembling a serpent
- shark siren — a siren sounded to warn swimmers of the presence of sharks
- sheriffwick — shrievalty.
- sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
- ship-broker — a person who acts for a shipowner by getting cargo and passengers for his ships and also handling insurance and other matters
- shipwrecked — the destruction or loss of a ship, as by sinking.
- shirtjacket — a jacket styled like a shirt